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After a 15-year stint in a United States prison, Francisco “Cisco” Castillo returns home to the Dominican Republic to find that life isn’t any easier in his old surroundings. Due to his criminal record, he can’t hold down a job, and his alcoholic mother favors her youngest son, a budding teenage criminal who is one stick-up away from jail, or worse. Reluctantly taking up back-alley street fighting to earn cash, Cisco forms an alliance with Nichi, a washed-up boxer from Italy who’s struggling with a gambling addiction. To better both of their financial situations, Nichi

Director Bio / Biografía de DirectorThe Dominican-Mexican duo of Laura Amelia Guzmán (Dominican Republic, 1980) and IsraelCárdenas (Mexico, 1980) have directed, written, produced and photographed several featurefilms to date. Their 2014 film, Dólares de Arena, starring Geraldine Chaplin, has been recognized and awarded on several occasions.

After a 15-year stint in a United States prison, Francisco “Cisco” Castillo returns home to the Dominican Republic to find that life isn’t any easier in his old surroundings. Due to his criminal record, he can’t hold down a job, and his alcoholic mother favors her youngest son, a budding teenage criminal who is one stick-up away from jail, or worse. Reluctantly taking up back-alley street fighting to earn cash, Cisco forms an alliance with Nichi, a washed-up boxer from Italy who’s struggling with a gambling addiction. To better both of their financial situations, Nichi

Director Bio / Biografía de DirectorThe Dominican-Mexican duo of Laura Amelia Guzmán (Dominican Republic, 1980) and IsraelCárdenas (Mexico, 1980) have directed, written, produced and photographed several featurefilms to date. Their 2014 film, Dólares de Arena, starring Geraldine Chaplin, has been recognized and awarded on several occasions.

After a 15-year stint in a United States prison, Francisco “Cisco” Castillo returns home to the Dominican Republic to find that life isn’t any easier in his old surroundings. Due to his criminal record, he can’t hold down a job, and his alcoholic mother favors her youngest son, a budding teenage criminal who is one stick-up away from jail, or worse. Reluctantly taking up back-alley street fighting to earn cash, Cisco forms an alliance with Nichi, a washed-up boxer from Italy who’s struggling with a gambling addiction. To better both of their financial situations, Nichi

Director Bio / Biografía de DirectorThe Dominican-Mexican duo of Laura Amelia Guzmán (Dominican Republic, 1980) and IsraelCárdenas (Mexico, 1980) have directed, written, produced and photographed several featurefilms to date. Their 2014 film, Dólares de Arena, starring Geraldine Chaplin, has been recognized and awarded on several occasions.

After a 15-year stint in a United States prison, Francisco “Cisco” Castillo returns home to the Dominican Republic to find that life isn’t any easier in his old surroundings. Due to his criminal record, he can’t hold down a job, and his alcoholic mother favors her youngest son, a budding teenage criminal who is one stick-up away from jail, or worse. Reluctantly taking up back-alley street fighting to earn cash, Cisco forms an alliance with Nichi, a washed-up boxer from Italy who’s struggling with a gambling addiction. To better both of their financial situations, Nichi

Director Bio / Biografía de DirectorThe Dominican-Mexican duo of Laura Amelia Guzmán (Dominican Republic, 1980) and IsraelCárdenas (Mexico, 1980) have directed, written, produced and photographed several featurefilms to date. Their 2014 film, Dólares de Arena, starring Geraldine Chaplin, has been recognized and awarded on several occasions.